Zelandish Lexicon

A, a

ack /ak/ but, conjunction

afinde /ə'fɪndə/ to discover (afand)

agon /ə'gɔn/ gone, past particle

also /'alsɔ/ also, adverb

an /an/ a, an, one, indefinite article

and /and/ and, conjunction

areie /ə'ɹe:jə/ to read out (areed)

B, b

be /bə/ by, preposition

be /be:/ be, verb

beek /be:k/ books, plural noun

bejette /bə'jɛtə/ to get

ben /bɛn/ to be (em, ert, is, sinde, wes, wie, weern, sie, sien)

bibliodeeke /'bɪbliəde:kə/ library

bloestom, -s /'blœstəm/ blossom, noun

burgsted /'bʊɹstəd/ city

C, c

chirn /tʃɪɹn/ to return

coudlik /'kʉ:dlɪk/ certainly

culfer, -n /kɔ:lfeɹ/ dove, noun

cumme /'kʊmə/ to come (coem, coemme)

cunne /kʊnə/ to try

D, d

deel /de:l/ part, noun

deer /de:ɹ/ there, pronoun

deg /dɛ/ day

dende /'dɛndə/ while, conjunction

det /dɛt/ the, that, this, definite and demonstrative article

dette /'dɛtə/ what, relative pronoun subject/direct object form

don de /dɔn də/ when, relative adverb

dur /dʊɹ/ door

E, e

eedmeg /'e:dmə/ perhaps, adverb

eer /e:ɹ/ before (in time), preposition

efest /'ɛfəst/ religious

eft /ɛft/ again, adverb

efter /'ɛftəɹ/ after, preposition

eftern /'ɛftəɹn/ later, adverb

eiturl /'ɛɪtʊɹl/ window

eld /ɛld/ old

elo /'e:lɔ:/ oh, exclamation

erd /ɛɹd/ land, homeland

erde, -n /'ɛɹdə/ earth, noun

et /ɛt/ at, preposition

F, f

for /fɔ:ɹ/ for, preposition

forspeckend /fər'sprɛkənd/ telephone, noun, phone is more common.

Friëdeg /friədə/ Friday

G, g

god /gɔd/ god (generally not written with a capital g, even when a proper noun)

gon /gɔn/ to go (eed, eië, jegon, agon)

H, h

hebbe /'hɛbə/ to have

heló /'he:lɔ:/ hello, exclamation

heedern /he:dəɹn/ storehouse, storeroom (an early word for a shop, now replaced by schoppe, except as a proper noun, where it refers to a local franchise chain.)

heerd /he:ɹd/ heard, past participle

Helend /'he:lənd/ proper name, Jesus, Saviour

hicge /hɪdʒə/ to think

hit /hɪt/ it, third person neuter singular pronoun

hotte /'hɔ:tə/ to call (heet)

hy /hi:/ he, third person masculine singular pronoun

I, i

in /ɪn/ in

interpetting /'ɪntəɹpɛtɪŋ/ dancing, verbal noun

is /ɪs/ is, 3s present

J, j

jecoemme /jə'kœmə/ come, past particle

jedoen /jə'dœn/ done, past participle

jeer /je:ɹ/ year

jegon /jə'gɔn/ gone, past participle

jehelding /jə'hɛlding/ maintenance

jelieke /jə'li:kə/ to please, weak verb

jestern /'jɛstərn/ yesterday, adverb

jewende /jə'wɛndə/ to return

jieme /'ji:mə/ to watch over, look after, care for, weak verb, transitive

Jobson /'jɔ:bsɔn/ proper name, surname, family name

Johannes /jɔ:'hanəs/ proper name, masculine first name (Johannem after a preposition)

K, k

kieping /'ki:pɪŋ/ sale, noun

L, l

land /land/ country (as opposed to city)

littel /'lɪtəl/ to reduce, decrease, weak verb (litteld)

loeke /'lœkə/ to look, weak verb

M, m

mann /man/ man, noun

mavel /'mavəl/ to speak, especially formally, to make a speech, weak verb

messedâs /'mɛsəda:s/ mass days, holy days, holidays, in the last sense it has been largely replaced by wecke, watch, vigil.

N, n

neese /'ne:zə/ to visit, weak verb

nie /ni:/ not, adverb

niet /ni:t/ night

niew /niʊ/ new

no /nɔ:/ no, exclamation

nutt /nʊt/ use, noun

O, o

okse /'ɔksə/ to ask, weak verb

our, -n /ʉ:r/ our, 1pl possessive pronoun

oute /ʉ:tə/ outside, about, without, adverb

R, r

reding /ɹe:diŋ/ reading, lesson, noun

regn /ɹɛn/ rain, noun

rerd /ɹɛɹd/ voice, noun

S. s

schie /ʃi:/ shall, will (schold)

schilling, -s /'ʃɪliŋ/ a coin equivalent of a New Zealand 10c.

secge /'sɛdʒə/ to say, to mention (the usual word for 'to say' is cweie)

seen /se:n/ to see; seen, past particle

seruw, -0 /'sɛrʉ:/ tool(s), equipment, gear

sinde /'sɪndə/ are, pl.present

smegjing /'smɛjiŋ/ examination, exam

so /sɔ:/ so, as, conjunction

songtied /'sɔŋti:d/ time for singing

sprecke /'spɹɛkə/ to speak, talk (spreck, spreeke)

spurte, -n /'spʊɹtə/ basket, noun

sy /si/ she, feminine third person pronoun

T, t

tell /tɛl/ to tell, weak verb (teld)

tellend /'tɛlənd/ narrator

time /'ti:mə/ time, noun

tinke /'ti:ŋkə/ to appear, to seem (toût /təʊt/)

toe /tœ/ to

toedeg /'tœ:də/ today, adverb

toejeens /'tœ:jəns/ on the way (to)

toever /'tœvəɹ/ second, other

twentig /'twɛnti/

W, w

waië /'wajə/ to go (ik jewoed, I went)

welneê /'wɛlne:/ almost, adverb

werd /wɛɹd/ worth, predicate adjective; price, noun

werde /wɛɹdə/ to become

werk /wɛɹk/ work, noun

werkcreftig /'wɛɹkkɹɛfti:/ mechanical

wes /wɛz/ was, third person singular past tense

wie /wi/ to want (wold)

wief /wif/ woman

wielo /'wilɔ/ for a while, adverb

wierd /wi:ɹd/ fate

wilk /wɪlk/ which, interrogative adjective

win /wɪn/ friend, used to mean fiance

winter /'wɪntɘɹ/ winter

witte /'wɪtə/ to know (wiss)

wrenkwered /'ɹɛŋkwɛɹəd/ trick-or-treaters, plural noun

wuck /wʊk/ week

wuder /'wʊdəɹ/ woodsman

wy /wi/ we, first person plural pronoun